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Authentic Relating in Community starts the week of Sept. 21

September 9, 2026 By marc Leave a Comment

Our last cohort of Authentic Relating in Community was so connecting and so fun, I have decided to run them every few months. The next one will be starting sometime in the week of Sept. 21. In other good news, I am retaining the “experiment” which is to offer it sliding-scale between $100 and $300. 

The program is now scheduled on-demand via a Doodle poll, for details see here. So if you are wanting to participate, now is the time to send in your fully refundable $50 / 50€ deposit, and then email or Whatsapp me as described in the link above.

Sophie is also offering a German-language ARC soon (different format). It is full but you can read about it here and get on the waitlist by writing to her. As FYI, Sophie is brilliant with couples as well, and we may offer a joint couple’s group soon.… Continue reading....

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September 2026 Newsletter

September 5, 2026 By marc Leave a Comment

As I continue to fight my AI to produce the newsletter, I take some comfort that it’s a bit better and more comprehensive every time (Dear God, please teach me patience…).

Lots of good stuff here, we are rocking it! As always, if you have comments or additions please reply to this email. 

In this issue:

  • The Circling Trademark fundraiser is ongoing with close to $7k raised. For the reasons you should support this cause, read our prior mail
  • The Circling Guide Anthology (3rd Edition) is due out in early October. A $25 donation now will get the book mailed to you.
  • A new card deck by Daniel Ek & Friends called Plunge is available, see below. I tested it with my non-AR family, and it passed!
  • We-Flow is now a partner with the Circling Guide. We-Flow founder Stephane Segatori wrote an article in the new Circling Guide Anthology which
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Circling Trademark: Please act now

August 25, 2026 By marc Leave a Comment

Dear all,

As promised in Sunday’s email, here is an important announcement relating to the Circling trademark legal dispute. This conflict has been going on for 5 years in the midst of steady community opposition, but the trademark holder (The Circling Institute) has maintained their ownership claim. Which is, incidentally, rather ridiculous since the practice was co-developed by many. 

30 community leaders have signed a letter, asking that Circling be returned to the public domain. Basically, we need $15k by August 31 (in a week). Given matching donors have committed $10k, this will get us to $25k. 

This is an opportunity for us, as a community, to own what we’ve created together.

See below for all the details. Or, skip the details and donate directly here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-circling-from-being-controlled-as-a-trademark, If you can help by sharing this with your communities (WhatsApp groups, text threads, and email lists), then forward this email or … Continue reading....

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New Programs; Circling Guide book; Circling Trademark

August 23, 2026 By marc Leave a Comment

As the too-short summer wanes, the Transformational Connection Festival wraps up, and some of us return to the office, here is just a quick note. In addition to the below, a new-and-improved September Newsletter will be coming out very soon, and there is good news about the Circling Trademark here as well.


New programs: Kraye Grymonnt and another ARC starting soon

  • I am producing a 4-part, donation-based series for the coach Kraye Grymonnt starting next Wednesday August 26, 1pm ET / 7pm CET. Kraye is quite an interesting character. Not AR, and definitely not politically correct, but he has his fans. We coaxed him out of retirement for this. More information and registration info here. Limited to 12 people.
  • The July cohort of the 6-week Authentic Relating in Community was so special I am running another one starting mid-September. Donation-based (minimum $100) and limited to 8 people, these are
… Continue reading....

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May 2026 Newsletter

May 2, 2026 By marc Leave a Comment

A  new discovery in this newsletter: Stemless is new entry in the space, a kind of radical-authenticity practice with some pretty interesting writing and concepts. I intend to check it out. 

I am currently in Denmark exploring a partly AR-inspired deep we-space, regenerative culture experiment called Regenera. I have booked Hannah Hirsh and Nina Chausow to contribute their fascinating stories to the Circling Guide 3rd edition (see below). Have your ever thought of moving in with your AR friends? Or even creating your own eco-village? Then stay tuned. 


Circling Guide Anthology (3rd edition) still needs your support

The Circling Guide Anthology is a bit behind schedule but I have decided it’s more important that it be good than on-time. So it’s now going to be an early June release.

The good news is that many of the contributor articles are now in, and I am very impressed by the … Continue reading....

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April 2026 Newsletter

March 24, 2026 By marc Leave a Comment

Wow. I really did not know how much was on offer inside our wonderful community until I got AI involved. This is the second AI-generated newsletter, and still a work-in-progress. Future versions will be more curated (“personal touch”)

A personal note: below you will find a report on the Circling Guide Anthology (3rd edition) that is just $300 short of its $3000 target and is in full production. See below who-all is contributing, and all the new applications of AR that we are discovering and putting into practice. 

What’s happening in the community

Ours & Partner Offers

  • There will be two new cohorts of Authentic Relating in Community starting early to mid-May. The course is for all levels from new-to-AR to active community-builders. We have changed the registration process to give more flexibility in terms of the timing, so if you had previously thought of taking the course but the
… Continue reading....

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Authentic Relating Organizations

  • Circling Institute (San Francisco and Global)
  • The Relateful Company  (previously CircleAnywhere). Global
  • Transformational Connection (previously Circling Europe), Europe
  • ART International (Global)
  • Authentic Relating Go (Global)
  • Connection Institute (Boston & Global)
  • The Connection Movement (New York City)
  • Austin Circling Studio (Austin, TX)
  • Evolutionary Relating (Australia)
  • Circling Cornwall (UK)
  • Let’s Be Authentic (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Realness Project (Prison work)
  • The Awkward Leadership School (Toronto)
  • Integral Centered Leadership (Boulder, CO)

Local communities can be found on Meetup.com and on the Authentic Revolution communities map

Recommended Books

Quotes

  • “There is no place to get to but more here” — Decker Cunov, co-founder of Circling
  • “You will always outlive my concept of you. And I will always have a concept for you to outlive” — Guy Sengstock, founder of Circling
  • “Pain is not a punishment, pleasure is not a reward… good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness” — Pema Chodron
  • “If we were all to sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality” — Kahlil Gibran
  • “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” — Theodore Roosevelt
  • “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. They listen with the intent to reply” — Stephen Covey
  • “Trust that people move towards wholeness, and we just have to follow” — Alexis Shepperd, co-founder of the Authentic Woman Experience
  • “Depression is the reward we get for being ‘good’ ” — Marshall Rosenberg
  • When we are angry, killing people is too superficial — Marshall Rosenberg
  • “You don’t need to get what you want if you can express what you want” — Strephon Kaplan-Williams

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